"NO" Highway-Transit Bailout and Export-Import Bank Reauthorization (H.R. 22)
Washington -- Today, Heritage Action for America released its inaugural Presidential Platform Review (PPR). The 24,000-word review evaluates Republican presidential candidates on their past actions and current platforms in six critical areas: growth, opportunity, civil society, limited government, favoritism, and national security. Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Americans are looking for a president who can speak to the real anxieties they're facing...
Washington -- Last month's Bipartisan Budget Act, which was opposed by 167 House Republicans and 35 Senate Republicans, suspended the nation's debt ceiling and increased the statutory budget caps by $80 billion over the next two years. Congress will attempt to craft a year-end omnibus spending package at those elevated spending levels by December 11. Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "In the...
Abortion giant Planned Parenthood has been a recipient of federal dollars under Title X of the Public Health Service Act and via Medicaid reimbursements, among other sources. Last reporting year, Planned Parenthood received $528 million in taxpayer dollars - 41% of its total revenue - a significant portion of which comes from these federal government programs. In July 2015, the Center for Medical Progress began releasing a series of undercover...
"YES" on the Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization Act (H.R. 3189)
CO-SPONSORSHIP of the Employee Rights Act (H.R. 3222)
CO-SPONSORSHIP of the Employee Rights Act (S. 1874)
Washington - Tuesday evening, House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) introduced the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act of 2015 (H.R. 4038). Earlier in the day, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said "the responsible thing is to take a pause in this particular aspect of this refugee program in order to verify that terrorists are not trying to infiltrate the refugee population." The SAFE Act would not pause the...
Washington - Today, the House passed the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act of 2015 (H.R. 4038). As Heritage Action noted previously, the bill sets up a more stringent vetting system for Syrian refugees but it relies solely on President Obama's appointees to carry out the new vetting process. It provides no leverage for Congress to weigh in or affirm the implementation of the process. Heritage Action released the...
In the wake of the November 13 attacks on Paris, there is heightened concern that terrorists connected with ISIS will use the mass movement of refugees and economic migrants in the world to gain access to the United States. The United States currently maintains the most generous refugee program in the world. Typically, the State Department sets a goal of admitting half of the total refugees certified for placement by...
The House will vote on the year-end omnibus spending bill, formally known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016.
The Senate will vote on the year-end omnibus spending bill. Heritage Action key voted the Motion to Table (i.e., kill).
The Senate will vote on the conference report for S. 1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This long sought-after revision of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) falls well short in rolling back federal intervention in education, and in many ways represents a step backwards for conservative education policy.
The Senate will vote on the conference report for H.R. 22, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The bill would spend more on highways than either the House or Senate-passed bills, and would finance that increased funding almost exclusively with embarrassing budget gimmicks.
The House will vote on the conference report for H.R. 22, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The bill would spend more on highways than either the House or Senate-passed bills, and would finance that increased funding almost exclusively with embarrassing budget gimmicks.
The House will vote on the conference report for S. 1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This long sought-after revision of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) falls well short in rolling back federal intervention in education, and in many ways represents a step backwards for conservative education policy.
The House will vote on an amendment offered by Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) to H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015. The amendment would contain much of the policies of the previous House-passed bill, H.R. 702, but importantly would leave out that bill’s $500 million labor union buy-out program.
"NO" on No Child Left Behind Reauthorization (S. 1177)
Washington - Last night, the Senate began consideration of a bill that would ultimately repeal significant portions of Obamacare through the budget reconciliation process. Heritage Action has long supported full repeal of Obamacare and earlier this year outlined a path forward using the reconciliation process. Unlike the much-maligned House-passed reconciliation measure, the Senate's version will repeal Obamacare's Medicaid expansion and exchange subsidies, along with nearly all the law's tax increases...
"YES" on Barton Amendment to Lift Embargo on Crude Oil Exports